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Death of Kate Patterson
On March 25, 1863, Kate P. (Catherine Phillips) Patterson died while attending school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kate was 17 years old. She died two days after her father, Jefferson Patterson. Kate, born December 29, 1846, was the 8th of 12 … Continue reading
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Death of Jefferson Patterson
On March 23, 1863, Jefferson Patterson, the father of Robert, William, Stephen, and John Patterson, died in Columbus, Ohio. Elected the previous year, Jefferson was attending a session of the Ohio General Assembly.
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John H. Writes Stephen
On March 16, 1863, John H. Patterson wrote a letter to his brother, Stephen, from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where John was attending school. Generally, the letter is about other people and not much about what he was doing in school. John notes … Continue reading